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</head><body><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 26 October 2018 at 14:12 Geoff Kaniuk via tournament-org <<a href="mailto:tournament-org@lists.britgo.org">tournament-org@lists.britgo.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>Som players may have thought that you can continue playing from the <br>bowl till your flag drops and at that point you count out fresh stones.<br>That may have been the rule at some point in the distant past, but it no <br>longer is.</blockquote><p>I am unclear about the provenance or applicability of this rule so would be grateful for elaboration.<br></p><p>To be clear, it sounds right to me but in practice how does it play out?<br></p><p>A couple of years ago my opponent's flag dropped at the end of main time. I pointed this out and the referee declared that my opponent was not ultra vires and could count out some stones and carry on as before. (It took me several minutes to find a referee, too..., and yes I was behind)<br></p><p>This happened at a European tournament. I have since discussed this with UK colleagues who on the whole have suggested I was being a bit unreasonable but I cannot fathom the counterfactual . <br></p><p>My view had always been that playing time should be continuous and it is up to me to stop my flag falling in an unready state (end of main time, some stones left to play after the byo-yomi period) <br></p><p>If a gap after main time is allowed (5 second, 5 minutes, 5 years?) then its that not the same as having stones left over in byo-yomi? <br></p><p>And what is the basis for the actual rule, please?<br></p></body></html>